1681-  William Penn received a charter for "Pennsylvania" from King Charles 11 of England.

 1755-  Two young women captured and abducted by Indians were taken through what is now Jefferson County and were likely the first white persons to be here.

 1768-  By the Treaty of Fort Stanwix, now Rome, New York, the Indians gave up their rights to the land where Jefferson County was later formed.

 1776-  Declaration of Independence, signed in Philadelphia.

 1797-  First settlers' cabin within Jefferson County, built by the Barnett family at Port Barnett, near Brookville.

 1798-  General Wade and his friend Slade became the first white settlers on Toby Creek.

 1802-  John, Jacob and Peter Vastbinder became the first settlers in what is now Warsaw Township.

 1804-  Jefferson County, named for President Thomas Jefferson, then in office, was formed from Lycoming County. The Brockway area was in Pinecreek Township in the new county.

 1821-  John Smith Brockway purchased the land on which Brockway would be built at a treasurer's sale in Indiana, Pennsylvania.

 1822-  James M. and Alonzo Brockway, brothers of John, settled along Toby Creek at the site of Brockway.

 1822-  Jonathan Nichols, the first doctor and minister in the area, settled at Brandy Camp.

 1824-  Henry Keys, John McGhee, Thomas Moore, Alexander Osborne and John McIntosh arrived in the Beechwoods and began the Scotch-Irish settlement there.

 1825-  Ceres Road, a pioneer road from Indiana to Ceres, on the New York state line, was surveyed through Brockway. It was completed in 1828.

 1826-  Ridgway Township, Jefferson County, named for Jacob Ridgway, a Philadelphia merchant who owned a great deal of land in western Pennsylvania was formed from Pinecreek Township. It included the site of Brockway.

 1828-  The first school started in the Brockway area. A.M. Clarke was the first teacher.

 1829-  Post Office established at Brockwayville. Alonzo Brockway was the first postmaster.

 1830-  First lumber rafted out of the Brockway area down Toby Creek to Pittsburgh, the forerunner of a huge industry later in the century.

 1832-  Beechwoods Presbyterian Church founded with ten charter  members.

 1835-  Snyder Township, named for Pennsylvania Governor Simon Snyder was formed from Pinecreek and Ridgway Townships.

 1836-  Brockwayville laid out as a town by Dr. A.M. Clarke.

 1838-  Paul Vandevort and Fredrick Hetrick became the first settlers in what is now Polk Township.

 1839- Washington Township, named for the first President, was formed from Pinecreek and Snyder Townships.

 1842-  Warsaw Township, named for the Polish city then fighting for a democratic government, was formed from Pinecreek Township.

 1843-  Elk County was erected from Ridgway Township, Jefferson County.

 1845-  The Methodist Episcopal Church was formed in Brockwayville. The first church building was constructed in 1861.

 1849-  English immigrants, the Robinsons, Holts and others, began to settle in Sugar Hill, west of Brockwayville.

 1851-  Polk Township, named for President James K. Polk, was formed from Warsaw and Snyder Townships.

  1857-  Norman B. Lane began lumbering operations at Lanes Mills.

 1860-  J.B. Cuneo, the first Italian settler in the area, came to Fox Township, Elk County.

 1863-  N. M. Brockway formed a volunteer company, Co. G, 57th Regiment, in the Brockwayville area to fight in the Civil War.

 1871-  Brockwayville Register, the first newspaper in the town, was established by R. O. Moorhead.

 1876-  A cube of coal, weighing over a ton, from the John Keys farm just west of town was exhibited at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. It was taken from there to the Smithsonian.

 1883-  The town of Brockwayville was incorporated.

 1883-  The B. R. & P. Railroad opened through Brockwayville.

 1884-  Brockwayville Presbyterian Church founded.

 1886-  East Clarion Mines opened at Crenshaw.

 1890-  Natural Gas was piped into Brockwayville and was used for the street lights.

 1894-  Brockwayville Free Methodist Church was founded.

 1896-  Telephone service was introduced into Brockwayville.

 1897-  Glass was first made in Brockwayville. The Brockwayville Machine Bottle Company was incorporated in 1906.

 1897-  Brockwayville Water Company was formed.

 1898-  Roman Catholic Church of Saint Tobias, named in honor of Bishop Tobias Mullen, was founded.. The original church building was completed in 1904.

 1898-   West Clarion Mine opened.

 1903-   A High School was established in Brockwayville.

 1904-   Brockwayville Volunteer Hose Company began its service to the community.

 1913-   Main Street of Brockwayville was paved with Shawmut bricks. The paving was completed in 1914.

 1919-  First motorized fire fighting equipment was purchased by the Hose Company by public donation.

 1921-  Brockwayville got electricity.

 1921-  Brockwayville Publishing Co. Inc., was organized to print The Brockwayville Record.

 1925-  Brockwayville had its name shortened to Brockway.

 1926-  Brockway Clay Company founded by Dr. H. E. Kilgus.

 1936-   The Ross Leffler School of Conservation was established in Snyder Township northwest of Brockway.

 1936-   Brockway suffered severe flood damage from Toby Creek.

 1945-   Brockway Seventh Day Adventist Church formed.

 1953 -   Brockway Pressed Metals begun by John Verne.

 1953-   Brockway Area Historical Society founded. It was incorporated in 1970.

 1954-   First moves toward flood control by public donation.

 1957-   Federal Flood Control Dyke completed.

 1960-   Christian and Missionary Alliance Church formed in Brockway.

 1965-   Brockway Public Library opened. It moved into the Glenn A. Mengle Memorial Library Building in 1973. It now holds more than 14,000 volumes.

 1973-   Brockway Area Historical Society's Taylor Memorial Museum opened in Taylor Park. It houses the McCauley Exhibit of eary lumbering in the Toby Valley and many other displays.